Forma Designs

15/07/2026

I am said "recycling nerd"
Every jar in my cupboard once held pickles.

Guilty on some counts and not even a wee bit sorry.
If you saw yourself in this post, welcome. You're one of us now. We take the stuff everyone bins and turn it into stuff worth keeping.

Stay classy and remember Make waste useful.

15/07/2026

F**k Vistaprint.
Real talk. They prey on new businesses who have no money and flog them thousands of cards at mad prices because they know you don't know any better. That's the whole model. Squeeze the folk who can least afford it.
So I'm making business cards now. For a handful of small local companies. Not to make money. It takes me an hour to make about 23 of them, so trust me, this is not a money spinner. It's me giving back to the local businesses I already work with on the SEO side.
Minimum order is 50. (It's actually 48 because that's what fits on a sheet, but 50 is easier to say.)
Here's the bit I care about. These are biodegradable. No paints. No chemicals. No plastic. No bleach. Nothing. Just Kraft card, laser cut, simple as that.
Every business card ends up in the bin eventually. Same with packaging. I know that sounds daft coming from the guy making them, but it's true. So if it's getting binned anyway, may as well make one that does the planet a favour on the way out, instead of sitting in landfill wrapped in plastic film and weird paint.

Stay classy and remember Make Waste Useful

Let me know your thoughts does craft card look nice for buisness cards?

15/07/2026

Day 8 of building a business out of actual bin juice.

These coasters were milk bottles about a week ago.

Caps, bottles, the lot. Melted down and swirled up till they turned into this. Every one comes out different so you're never getting the same as the next person.
Which I think is pretty sick NGL .

I'm honestly tired of big brands slapping "eco" on stuff and calling it a day.

Made by hand up in Aberdeen. If you actually care where your stuff comes from, this is for you.

Stay classy and remember

Make Waste Useful.

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13/07/2026

Step one of turning old climbing rope into a keychain 🧵
Before this bit, every rope goes through: collect it, sort it by type and condition, wash it, dry it, then strip the sheath and cut it to length. That's the unseen part nobody films.
This step is where the real shaping starts, turning old climbing rope into something you'll carry every day instead of something rotting in a bin.
If you climb, work at height, or just hate seeing good gear binned, you'll get why this matters.
More of the process coming, stay tuned.
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13/07/2026

Step one of turning old climbing rope into a belt 🧵
Before we even get here, every rope goes through: collect it, sort it by type and condition, wash it, dry it, then strip the sheath and cut it to length. That's the unseen part nobody films.
This step is where the real shaping starts, turning old climbing rope into something you'll wear every day instead of something rotting in a bin.
If you climb, work at height, or just hate seeing good gear binned, you'll get why this matters.
More of the process coming, stay tuned.
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13/07/2026

I'll make whatever the top comment says 👇

Got a pile of retired climbing rope sitting in the studio and I'm not sure what it wants to become next.

Already thinking rug or hat, but you tell me.
If you climb, work rope for a living, or spend your life outside, you know this stuff is too good for landfill. One more life before it's done.

Drop your idea below, top comment gets made into reality.

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11/07/2026

It be like that sometimes...

11/07/2026

11/07/2026

Day 4 of pi***ng off a billionaire.
Big oil companies get filthy rich off your bin. They design stuff to be single use on purpose, so you keep buying more. We do the opposite.
We collect plastic bottle tops from cafes, wash them, shred them, and turn them into coasters. The average cafe throws away 3 to 15 milk bottles a day. And that's not counting individuals, companies, and everything else our society chucks out.
Make waste useful.
Stay classy, you beautiful trash goblins.
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09/07/2026

Making binned milk bottles into something worth keeping.
I run a wee business up in Aberdeen turning recycled HDPE plastic and retired climbing rope into handmade homeware. The stuff most folk chuck away gets a second life as coasters, and it stays well out of landfill.
Here's the thing. Big oil makes the plastic, then wants us to keep buying more. So the last thing a billionaire wants is us taking that same oil-made plastic and remaking it. Which is exactly why we do it.
We reuse. We recycle. We do more with what we've already got.

We don't need them. Only if we do more of this...

Stay classy, you beautiful trash goblins.

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